Table 5  Balance of Trade by Major Trading Partners: August 2009
         (F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                                   Balance
    Country                      Total Trade   Imports   Exports        of
                                                                     Trade
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                 Total              7,090.19  3,617.29  3,472.89    (144.40)

 1 United States Of America  1/     1,035.99    407.99    628.00     220.01
 2 Japan  2/                        1,008.69    455.34    553.35      98.01
 3 China, People's Republic of        599.81    361.25    238.55    (122.70)
 4 Singapore                          553.91    299.63    254.28     (45.35)
 5 Korea, Republic of                 428.32    248.06    180.26     (67.80)
 6 Hong Kong                          417.10    126.07    291.04     164.97
 7 Netherlands                        385.05     23.68    361.37     337.69
 8 Thailand                           361.90    241.89    120.01    (121.89)
 9 Taiwan                             342.59    233.31    109.28    (124.02)
10 Malaysia  3/                       283.33    169.27    114.06     (55.21)
11 Germany                            267.09     67.52    199.57     132.05
12 Indonesia                          188.42    140.21     48.21     (92.00)
13 Saudi Arabia                       143.32    138.94      4.38    (134.57)
14 Qatar                              121.14    120.19      0.96    (119.23)

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 Source: Foreign Trade Statistics Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Notes:   1 Includes Alaska and Hawaii
         2 Includes Okinawa
         3 Includes Sabah and Sarawak
         Components may not add up to total due to rounding

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